I am a big fan of free speech and the
freedom to write what you want without having to apply a filter of
political correctness. Freedom however, does not mean that you are not
accountable for your words or that you are entitled to be protected from
all criticism.
Do I take full responsibility for my own
words? You bet and people are free to call me out on any of them. I’ll
either stand by them or change my opinion.
Vox Day, Theodore Beale, who is a sci/fi
author, used to write for WND long ago, and likes to promote and
advocate outlandish ideas generally related to bigotry and hatred, likes
to perceive himself as venetian glass, as a special snowflake entitled
to say and do whatever he wants.
He does not respond well to criticism,
even the gentlest and most respectful. In fact, he and his so-called
Dread Ilk, his roving band of minions, like to attempt to bully and
terrorize any opposition they receive. They do this by attempting
assorted forms of intimidation, like threatening to dox people, to
twitter out their real name, address, phone number, and social security
number, therefore encouraging random strangers to harass them. They
especially enjoy doing this to women, likely because we are softer
targets, and easier to frighten and terrorize.
If you’ve ever been doxxed, it can be
rather scary. Random strangers now have your address and phone number,
often the names of your children and family members. There are people on
the internet who genuinely get off on attempting to terrorize doxxed
women for their perceived crimes. It makes them feel powerful and feeds
their revenge fantasies.
I have been doxed so many times, I have
just rather defiantly doxed my own self. No, I’m simply not going to
play that game. I believe it’s wrong to hold privacy over someone’s
head. You can’t dox me, I’m already doxed.
I have been on the war path against
internet bullying and doxxing for sometime now. I find it to be
appalling behavior. Those who dox others believe their hands are clean,
since they have only released the private info, not actually acted on
it. This is false, the entire purpose of doxxing someone is in the hopes
that psycho will come along and terrorize them into silence.
I have attempted to comment directly to
Vox Day, but he simply accuses me of being a cyberstalker, uses
obscenities, and threatens to call the cops. He has posted my full name
and email address on several occasions. Thou shall not speak out against
anything written by the so-called Voice of God, apparently.
It’s somewhat ridiculous to have a man
bully and threaten you, only to turn around and claim he’s going to have
you charged with harassment. This is like calling the cops because you
got the wrong sauce with your chicken nuggets at the McDonald’s drive
through window. Stuff and nonsense.
I believe we are morally compelled to
speak out against things we see that are not right. Many of his
so-called followers and fans are so enamored by the idea of Vox Day, I
doubt they read half of what he writes.
Those who call themselves Christians and
advocate not only some of these hate filled ideas, but also this
bullying behavior, should really take a hard look at themselves and what
they are doing and endorsing. It’s just not right.
A few of the articles from VD I have criticized:
“I will not be in the least bit
surprised if Anders Breivik is one day regarded as a national hero in
Norway, much like George Washington and William Tell, two men who also
offered murderous resistance to their own governments.”
“In light of the strong correlation between female education and demographic decline, a purely empirical perspective on Malala Yousafzai,
the poster girl for global female education, may indicate that the
Taliban’s attempt to silence her was perfectly rational and
scientifically justifiable.”
“..always punch back twice as hard.
The second rule is this: keep punching. Women are particularly
susceptible to attacks on their appearance and their sexual behavior, so
those are the most effective subjects to target..”
(Regarding sex trafficking) “God
abandons the human trash determined to go its own way and leaves it to
its inevitable destruction. Man should follow his example.”
Vox Day likes to engage in rhetorical
trickery as a way of evading accountability for his own words. In theory
he can claim he’s not really saying what he’s saying, because it’s just
that most people don’t recognize his so-called superior intelligence.
In the case of Malala Yousafzai, by claiming that shooting her in the head was “perfectly rational and scientifically justifiable,” he leaves himself an out. He thinks it’s okay for him to speak these words because he never actually equated “rational and scientific” with “moral.”
Complete Baloney. 80% of the general
population is incapable of perceiving the subtleties to be found there
and will therefore receive his words as approval and endorsement of
violence. VD is intelligent enough to understand this, which is why he
does it. He advocates outright hatred and violence while maintaining the
illusion of keeping his own hands clean.
This is dangerous and harmful behavior and I’m not going to be silent about it.
As to the assorted threats to report me
to the proper authorities, you do that Mr. Beale. I’ll leave this
preemptive confession posted on the front of my blog.
